Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Shadows of the Freelancers. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own RvB, Rooster Teeth does.

(Insurrection Building, Spiral.)

Will managed to find a single mongoose and flipped it over till he got ready to chase down the Freelancers, he hummed while Xi filled him in.

"Charon just sent any troops still in the city after the asset… you think they care they just lost an entire building and 110 stories worth of troops?" He questioned before Will ran his hand over his shotgun on his back before preparing his magnums and cracked his knuckles before trying to rev the engine for a moment. this did nothing, but a second rev caused the engine to roar to life.

"No, they're just get more… Charon always has more." Will stated before Xi entered the machine, his chip still implanted within Will's helmet.

"You think you can keep it steady enough for me to shoot?" Will unhooked his shotgun and prepared for combat.

"Just try and get the briefcase back so they can't open it… they're sending in the big guns." Xi revved the engine as his mongoose shot towards the highway.

Will started to pop bullets into his shotgun, cocking it once it was loaded. Will hated not having packed enough ammo, but to be fair? He had prepared for a combat mission, not a siege.

The mongoose roared onto the highway, he could see the pursuit ahead… and as usual, the Freelancers were handing Charon security soldiers their spines.

They had deployed 2 Hornets… along with 2 Mongooses and 2 Warthogs all to intercept the group… and he could see the black armored Freelancer dodge a chain gun barrage from a warthog before swerving, firing and blowing up the 4 wheeler before jumping off a ramp and blowing one of the hornets out of the sky.

"Well… least she used up her rocket launcher." Xi observed as Will hummed and steadied himself.

He brought out his magnum and opened fire, considering the carnage and destruction already consuming the highway? A few more bullets wouldn't change much.

The girl whipped her head around and continued to fire on the security soldiers, a few of whom fell off, lifeless.

Will looked behind to see the soldier had also taken out the other warthog with the traffic… and that left only 2 soldiers manning the mongooses.

"I have to do everything myself… private security forces my ass…" Tex finished off the Mongooses before Will chased her closer while the duo continued their fight.

"Xi!" Will activated his Hardlight shield only for 3 of the bullets to slip past his shield and nail his leg.

"DAMN IT!" Will fired 2 more bullets before his magnum clicked empty, one missed and the other sparked off her arm.

Will grunted and grabbed another magazine while Xi swerved the ATV through traffic, Tex fired her Smg at him before speeding up.

"Can this damn thing keep up with that bike?" Will asked as he revved the engine to try and keep up with Tex's motorcycle.

"Barely… Security sent 2 of the elite team to try and get the briefcase back… think we should head for them?" Xi swerved around a semi-truck as Will struggled to try and line up a shot on Tex.

"Can this crappy Junker reach there before she does?" Will fired one round which missed at the last second as Tex moved to the side.

"Uh… not really, and Charon has pretty much lost. Response team is the only asset we have I think isn't dead… I think they have this one." Will heard from Xi as they rushed through the traffic.

"What are the options?" Will asked as he fired 3 more shots, 2 hits and a miss.

He was almost out of ammo for his pistol, which left him with his shotgun as a last weapon.

"Well, either we retreat, allow the Freelancers to have slaughtered countless soldiers in Charon's army and admit they defeated us… or we try and take that chick on…" Will fired the last four shots from his magnum before it clicked empty.

Tex dodged them, Will was left with his shotgun as he tossed his magnum behind him, his M45D ready before realizing that he'd never be able to tag her at range.

"This isn't going to be my day today, is it?" Will muttered before putting his shotgun on his back again and sighing.

Well, it was either he won, got paid which at this point was just a bonus to getting the chance to fight and such… or he failed, Charon told him he did a good job before executing him and getting someone else.

"Xi? Gun the engine, let the others focus on the briefcase… their going to get away with it anyway, might as well try and kill one." Will ordered while his AI partner gunned the engine as hard as possible.

It would be the last fight they possibly had as Freelancer and Space Pirate.

he gunned the engine as Tex started to race towards the tunnel.

Author Notes

Phew, another chapter done! I'm sorry for this chapter being delayed. Next chapter is going to be in a week and will show Tex and Will's final battle as Freelancer and Space Pirate along with setting up him becoming a Freelancer. Until 2-4 weeks later. Lighting Wolf out!